A Creeping Feeling
He returned to his car, grabbing his emergency flashlight. But he almost dropped it when he placed the spotlight within the hallway. It reached him with a smell first, and Paul stumbling, lost the vision in the hallway; the whole house was filled with garbage from floor to ceiling.
Scratches
The windows were darkened, and, strangely the walls had odd marks. Paul could not shake the sensation that he was being watched as he moved slowly through the room. He was trying to end his thoughts on mice, snakes, and worse.